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Choosing a legal structure when you're starting a business: the differences between being a sole trader and a limited company, including legal risk, registration and taxes.
Steps to help grow your business - finding finance, mentors, increasing sales and developing products and services
Once your business is established and you’re making a profit on the…
Growing your business, whether through increased sales or improved…
How you go about increasing sales depends on your circumstances and how…
One way of finding new customers for your products and services is by…
If you’re looking to grow your business by improving your products and…
If you’re planning to develop new products and services, you should test…
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Find out about being 'active', trading and non-trading, and being dormant if you’re a new or existing company or organisation.
ORBC is part of the Department for Business and Trade .
Understand and avoid all types of anti-competitive and cartel activity including price-fixing, collusion, bid-ridding and sharing markets. Know how to report concerns to the CMA.
How to pay the Economic Crime Levy, and how long it takes for your payment to reach HMRC.
Find out if you’re a trust or company service provider who needs to register for supervision with HMRC under the money laundering regulations.
This page provides support for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) on bidding for government contracts.
Information for employers about late or non-filing PAYE penalties, specified charges, inaccurate reports and how to avoid penalties in future.
Incorporate a private limited company - register it with Companies House and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and telling HMRC about the company.
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